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Unique ID:NARC-C5E856

Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation

A medieval terminal of silver, with rounded shoulders, tapering to a point, so as to give the impression of a leaf. The front surface is raised, and is decorated with three grooves within a chamfered border. The reverse is plain and flat. At the terminal’s widest point there appears the remainder of a square shaft. Its precise function is difficult to determine.
The terminal is silver and of pre-industrial manufacture. It is likely to date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries.
Dimensions: length 15 mm, width 9 mm.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Notes:

This find was reported as treasure (2006 T443) and subsequently disclaimed by the crown.